Recording-hydrometer.



5. F. STEIGER.

REORDNG HYDROMETER,

APPLIOATON FILM Aff-.m0, 1912.

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JACOB l?. STEIGEP., OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINIS.l

il pplcation tiled inlay 2U: 1912.

To all fwiom it may Gomera: y Be it known that l, JACoB l?, Sii-aromi, "feitizen of the United States, residingat East tit, Louis, in the county of St. Clair and State of illinois, have invented a new and useful improvement in Recording-Hydrometers, of which the iz'ollowing,l is a Speciiication.

This invention relates to a recording` liydronieter designed to record the strength of liriiiid passing through. a ley-pass connected with the tank from which Said liquid is drained. By means of this construction it can he readily ascertained what the average specific gravity of' the liquid employed runs during the day. Such a device will he use- :fiil in refineries and other manufacturing plants Where the specific gravity of a liquid will indicate its strength.

'llie invention consists of the novel features ot construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which.

l `igure 1 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating a einipe 'forni of the invention. Fig'. Q is a seetion on the line :2M-3 Fig'. l is a Section on the line 3-B of liig'. l. flffig. is a i'ziee view oll a portion of the diahi y ln these drawing` I, t represents a Suitable tank adapted to contain the liquid to he tested. Ariianged iuiliaeent said tank is an -upright Ulehaped tuhi, which niay he of glaes, and leading!1 troni the hiiik and dieA rharffgiiip; into one lee; ot the tuhe downwardly is a Small pipe 3. ln the how portion df the tiihe 2 and in the. lower portion ol.'y the first nicntioned leg is a haille plate lli, which sei-veeI to thoroughly iiiix the liquid, :ui otherwise the lighter portion would pass through the how portion und rien upwardly in the other len' ota the iuhey leaving` 'the heavier portion to settle in thel lower part ot l lululile iliiil 122%,

the tulle.

iii order to iliiiiinisli velocity oli-the llow und causey the lupiid to puse slowly and evenly through the tuhc :i perforated phite ."i iii placed iii the second mentioned leg ol the tuhe, said plaie having perl'oratioiis ot :i diametri' ol one tliirty--secoiid ot'V an inch. lhie last mentioned leg is provided at itel iipper end with a suitable annular drain cup l tl, and slightly shorter in length than the tiret mentioned tuhe. the'liqiiid ovei'llowi Aii 'nto the drain pipe f3 will drain haelt to through pipe 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

i l i i l i i Patented July 8, 19t 3 Serial No. 698,544.

in order l'hatiithe vibrating pressure often caueed ley a p unip may be obviated, I prefer to iiiterpoee a 'email supplemental tank 8 and ruina pipe 9 troiii the piiiiip to the small tank 8 and then aiiglethe pipe 3, ,forming it lJv-Shaped :is sluiwnin Fig'. 1. ln thisiiianner the puiiip vibrations :ire eliminated from the liquid in the U-.haped tube 2.

Ari-angreift upon a wall or other suitable support a hi'aeket l0 which cariiee a Semi.- cii'cular ring` ll atits free end and threaded adj ustahle hearing blocks 12 are arranged in said ring. :ind a suitable hearing' block 13 luie iteI pointed ends inouiited in needle hearings loi'ii-ied in the inner ende ol the hlocks l2. This block 13 carries a rod 14, said rod heine' adapted to Swiner vertically as the' hloek 'l-l rocks upon its'hearings. At each end ot' said rod are hearing blocks 15, one ot' which is shown in Fig. 2, and said blocks terminate in needle points which rest in hearings loi-ined in ttdjustahle threaded plugs 1li, and said plugs are threaded through opposite sides of a. seiiiicirenlar ring' 1T. rilie ring'- 17 and the parte Connected therewith are substantially similar to the ringr 1l with the exception that the ring,` 11 ie carried at the eiidol a fixed bracket 10, whereas the rings 17 are hung upon the e `dii olf the rod llt, and therefore swing' vertieillly with Said rod. rlhe ring 17 which is in Vertie-al aliiieineiit with the shorter leg of the tulio 2 leupports a hydroineter 18 of any de- ,aired typer` the saine being preferably conn iieeted to the ring by a rod 19 threaded into the lower portion of the ring and teri'ninalingr :it its lower end in an eye, and a thin wire E() connects the eye with the hydrometer with the eye of said ring. A suitable lock nut 2l is employed in connection with the threaded portion of the rod. Arranged iii vertical :iliiieiiient with the ot-liei'iring 1.7 ia u Vniihihie vloek fil provided with arol'his ring also carries a de'- pendingl rofl ilthe upper end of which is ilu-ended into the ringto allow for adjustiiient :ind is Isecured by a suitable nut 25. 'l`hie rod i# Slightly curved outwardly and at ithK lower end a ,suitable pen JG or niarkinf,r device ol' :iiiy kiinh which is adapted to heur upon the, l'ziie of the dial Q3. It will be noted that the rod lll is above the dial and the ,slight euriiiti'ii'e Iiven to the rod 2l is euflicieiit to ranse the point to always hear upon the di:A l 213. As shown in likes. 1 and 4f this dial is laid elll in. segmenti: each of COr sie`

which represents a certain .duration of time, as for example one hour. v

The time is suitably designated inthe margin' of the dial, as in Fig. and the dial is also provided ,with a number of concentric circles, the outer one ot which is marked zero and the remainder of them are numbered consecutively, and in ordinary practice will run as high' as 33. Between the bracket l() and the ring 17 above the clock dial an adjustable weight or counter-balance 27 is placed upon the rod 14.- It will be noted therefore that by threading the rods 17 and 24 Iprovide' for adjustment ot the hydrometer and pen, and lby providing the weight 27 I allow for the counter-balancing of such adjustment or for any other iuctuationlwhich might make it necessary to balance the rod 14 and the parts suspended therefrom.

To operate, start and adjust the recorder, liquid is admitted to the small tank 8 and through the pipe 3 into the tube The intake leg of the tube is higher than the other one in order toA allow foam to settle. The liquid is 'thoroughly mixed by the batHe plate 4 as otherwise the higher portion of the liquid would pass through the upper portion of the bow while the heavier portion would settle in the bottom ot' the bow portion of the tube.` The perforated plate 5 breaks the upward rush of the liquid and removes any vibrations which mightbe caused by discharge of the liquid from the pipe 3 and rod which might affect the rise and fall of the hydrometer. The dial upon the clock is assumed to make onerotation every twenty four hours. In starting the device,.l pre-l ter to find the speciiic' gravity of the liquid the weight with an ordinary hydroineter, the steady flow of liquid is then started. through the hydrometer, and the same adjusted in ac# coi-dance with the test made by the ordinary hydrometer. Having secured a steady 'flow 27 is adjusted to balance the tendency upon the part of the liquid to lift the hydrometer to a greater height than it should normally rest. It will then accurately record upon the dial the different changes in the specific gravity of the liquid during the days run.

P'Vhat I claim is l. In a device of the kind described a U- `shaped tube,

one leg of which is of a less height than the other, and the upper end of which is provided with an annular drain cup, a perforated plate arranged in and adjacent the lower end of the said leg, and a depending baille plate carried by the other leg and extending downwardly partly across t-he bow portion of the tube.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a U-shaped tube, a small tank arranged adjacent the intake leg ot the tube, said intake leg being the higher, an inverted U shaped pipe leading from said tank and discharging downwardly into the upper end of said intake leg, a cup carried by the upper end ot the other leg of the tube, a drain pipe leading from said cup, and a supply pipe discharging into said smaller tank, said smaller tank eliminating vibrations from a pump and passing the liquid by gravity to the intake leg of the tube.

JACOB F. STEIGER.

TWitnesses:

H. V. DEEMAR, ELMER STEELE. 

